Wikipedia talk:Don't poke the bear

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This page was nominated for deletion on May 22, 2009. The result of the discussion was speedy keep.

This page was nominated for deletion on June 16, 2009. The result of the discussion was keep.

Huh?

I suppose that, on the Internet, nobody knows you're a bear. But what does this essay have to do with anything? If the intent is to say "don't poke other editors" then why bring bears into it? It seems like a pointless effort to make a cute redirect. Is there any pert of this that isn't already covered in WP:CIVIL? ·:· Will Beback ·:· 22:18, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Basically its a good thing when someone is poking another editor, group of editors, or process for no good reason to say "Don't poke the bears", sort of a meme like Wikipedia:Don't delete the main page is a warning for new admins to not be too bold. MBisanz ^talk 22:26, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, I never even guessed that that was the topic of the essay. I think it needs to be less obscure about its point. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 23:20, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I didn't write it, I just added the snarky picture. MBisanz ^talk 00:08, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose a possible example would be vandalizing an admin-centric board like WP:AN. You're directly poking the bear (in this case the bear is admins), which not a good idea if you want to continue editing, y'know? :-) --MZMcBride (talk) 23:43, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In which case, we need to make that clearer on the wessay. The 'This page in a nutshell' box could be altered to include "Don't provoke administrators" as the page in a nutshell message. Looneyman (talk) 14:32, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have added a sentence that explains it as such. I am not at all happy with this essay, even as humour or as a meme, as it is basically instructing you to "poke" softer targets instead of administrators, and I hardly see that as policy. I'm going to nominate this for deletion. C.U.T.K.D ^{T | C} 09:17, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Huh? It's about not intentionally pissing off other users, regardless of whether or not they're admins. --MZMcBride (talk) 16:39, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Russian Metaphor.

The paragraph about the metaphor made me laugh, though its not really funny. But since it mentioned Russia I instantly thought, 'In Soviet Russia, bear pokes you'. I just felt like telling, its a nice page Intouchwithbertj (talk) 23:42, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]